Unit name | MSc Core Skills |
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Unit code | BIOCM0001 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Burston |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Biochemistry |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
The Unit consists of practical classes, lecture-based teaching sessions, and tutorials that together prepare students for their MSc practical project and provide a foundation for their studies. Laboratory-based practical classes provide experience of laboratory skills and basic and advanced experimental techniques. Additional teaching sessions provide training in: various aspecs of laboratory safety, including the preparation of risk assessments; the use of IT, including Microsoft Word and Microsoft Powerpoint, literature searching, reference management, genome analysis and bioinformatics, and statistics; research methods, including the methods used to study gene regulation, cell imaging techniques, and the production and uses of antibodies. These sessions are reinforced by tutorials that review the taught material and provide an opportunity for the discussion of selected relevant research papers. This helps the students to understand the process of planning a piece of research. The tutors act as points of contact for the students throughout their period of study.
Aims:
By the end of the Unit the students should be able to:
Lectures, tutorials, and laboratory classes.
Short answer examination (80%) and assessed course work (20%) that includes assessed essays.
Unit handbook and selected relevant research papers.